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Film sparks anti-American protests

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An unidentified person is escorted out of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula's home by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers in Cerritos, California,today. Nakoula, a Californian convicted of bank fraud is under investigation for possible probation violations stemming from the making of an anti-Islam video that has triggered violent protests against the US in the Muslim world. The 55-year-old-man man told his Coptic Christian bishop that he was not involved in the film, but media reports have widely linked him to the video. The obscure 13-minute English-language video, which was filmed in California and circulated on the Internet under several titles including "Innocence of Muslims," portrays Prophet Mohammad engaged in crude and offensive behaviour. Photograph: Bret Hartman/Reuters

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Protesters clash with policemen on a street in Sydney's central business district. Anger over the anti-Islam video "Innocence of Muslims" spread to Australia on Saturday with protesters taking to the streets of Sydney, surprising shoppers and catching police off guard. Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters

Film sparks anti-American protests

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Sudanese demonstrators broke into the US and German embassy compounds in Khartoum and raised Islamic flags on Friday in state-backed protests against the film. Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

Film sparks anti-American protests

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A Shia Muslim supporter of the Imamia Students Organization (ISO) shouts slogans as he scuffles with police while running towards the USembassy with others during an anti-American protest rally in Islamabad on Thursday. Some 200 protesters gathered to take part in the protest to condemn the film. Photograph: Mian Khursheed/Reuters

Film sparks anti-American protests

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Sudanese demonstrators destroy the US embassy in Khartoum September
14, 2012 At least one protester was killed on Friday during a demonstration outside the US embassy in Sudan, a doctor said. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Film sparks anti-American protests

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Muslim protesters, near the US consulate-general, in the southern Indian city of Chennai September 15, hold a caricature of US president Barack Obama during a protest against the film. Photograph: Babu/Reuters

Film sparks anti-American protests

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Supporters of the Pakistani religious political party Jamaat-e-Islami shout anti-American slogans during a demonstration in Peshawar, September 15, 2012. Some 50 protesters gathered to take part in the protest. Photograph: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters

Film sparks anti-American protests

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An exterior view of the US consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen in Benghazi September 12, 2012. Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya, and three embassy staff were killed in the attack. Mr Stevens was trying to leave the consulate building for a safer location as part of an evacuation when gunmen launched an intense attack, apparently forcing security personnel to withdraw. Photograph: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters

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Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya, photographed at his home in Tripoli June 28, 2012. Photograph: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters

Film sparks anti-American protests

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An interior view of the US consulate in Benghazi after this week's attack. Photograph: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters

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The US consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during the protest. Armed gunmen attacked the compound on Tuesday evening, clashing with Libyan security forces before the latter withdrew as they came under heavy fire. Photograph: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters

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The consulate was extensively damaged in the attack.. Photograph: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters

Film sparks anti-American protests

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A demonstrator holds a message during a rally to condemn the killers of the US ambassador to Libya and the attack on the US consulate, in Benghazi.
Demonstrators gathered in Libya to condemn the killers
and voice support for the US ambassador Christopher Stevens and
three embassy staff were killed in the attack on the Benghazi consulate. Photograph: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters

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Demonstrators hold a message during a rally to condemn the killers
of the US ambassador to Libya and the attack on the US consulate. Photograph: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters

Film sparks anti-American protests

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Terry Jones, who’s threat to burn copies of the Koran in 2010 sparked violent protests in Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011, talks to reporters at his
church about the deadly protests in Egypt and Libya, in Gainesville, Fla., Sept. 12, 2012. Photograph: Jason Henry/The New York Times

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A protester throws stones at police during the third day of clashes in Cairo, Sept. 13, 2012. For all the harrowing images of the deadly attack on the American mission in Benghazi, Libya, and the American Embassy in Cairo coming under siege from protesters Tuesday, the Obama administration is grappling with the possibility that its far bigger long-term problem lies in Egypt, not Libya. Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/The New York Times

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The remains of Americans killed in Benghazi this week are taken off a
transport aircraft during a return of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, September 14, 2012. President Barack Obama lead a ceremony honouring the return of the remains of the US ambassador and three
other Americans killed in an attack in Libya this week. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

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Secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton, flanked by president Barack
Obama and Army Chaplin Col. Wesley Smith, speaks during the transfer
of remains ceremony. Mr Stevens was the first American ambassador killed by an attack in more than 30 years. Photograph: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times